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01-12-2019 , 12:48 PM
I played this hand last night. Any areas to improve?

Hero (£750) in SB with AA
I think my image was quite solid but who knows.

Villain (£510) in CO. Young reg. He'd only been at the table 30 minutes but he seems decent, nothing crazy so far.

Pre-flop. UTG straddles to £5, folds to Villain who bets £15. Button folds and Hero bets £55. Villain is only caller.

Flop (£116 - £6 rake = £110): K105
Hero bets £60, villain raises to £130. Hero tank calls.

Turn (£370): K1054
Hero checks, villain bets £175. Hero tanks then goes all in. Villain snaps for £325 total.

River (£1020): K1054A
Hero shows and villain wins with QJ


I hated playing this hand (not just the result!).
Playing AA out of position for so many blinds (I was only in for £170, so not comfortable playing so deep).
I tanked flop and turn because I really wasn't sure I was ahead. In fact I'm still not sure I'm ahead of his flop re-raising range?

Is this completely standard? Should I 3bet flop? Consider folding at all?

Thanks in advance.
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01-12-2019 , 01:02 PM
Might have been able to get him off of it otf by jamming, but I don't know if that would have been correct.

Ott with his holding I don't see how he can fold. Sucks that he got there but I don't see you as being ool.
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01-12-2019 , 01:50 PM
Seems pretty standard to me. You got it in for 100bbs eff with am overpair in a 3b pot on a medium type board.

Also I think his range could be pretty wide calling your 3b in position. Lots of hands that your beating otf and ott.

Nh.
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01-12-2019 , 05:02 PM
I would have bet more pre, less otf, then punished his horrendous flop raise with a sizable 3b, then shove turn … and lost, but felt ok about it. It's a de-facto 2-5 hand and should be played as such.

Now, if you're uncomfortable blasting away, or the game just has been playing far smaller than this, then you can find ways not to stack off, but it's just one of those trap/cooler spots, so whatevs.
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01-12-2019 , 11:33 PM
Wp
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01-13-2019 , 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Amanaplan
I would have bet more pre, less otf, then punished his horrendous flop raise with a sizable 3b, then shove turn … and lost, but felt ok about it. It's a de-facto 2-5 hand and should be played as such.

Now, if you're uncomfortable blasting away, or the game just has been playing far smaller than this, then you can find ways not to stack off, but it's just one of those trap/cooler spots, so whatevs.
Why would we be 3betting the flop w/AA on such a dry board?

Granted, sizings are weird, but raising flop, and continuing turn vs a pfr 3bettor is a pretty strong line to take
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01-13-2019 , 07:54 AM
Thanks for the responses. I thought it was fairly standard, but having played so few pots of this size I thought it was worth throwing out there.

Just on the 100bb effective comments, the straddle to £5 was only occasionally, and only 3 of us at the table were deepstacked (one had £1k, me £750, villain £500 and others ~£200), so I don't think it was an effective £2/£5 game (does a straddle in one hand really make that much difference?).
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01-13-2019 , 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by KID777777
Why would we be 3betting the flop w/AA on such a dry board?

Granted, sizings are weird, but raising flop, and continuing turn vs a pfr 3bettor is a pretty strong line to take
Because he can’t raise ktx flop facing a 3b/cbet and think it’s ok.
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01-13-2019 , 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by DickWhitman
Thanks for the responses. I thought it was fairly standard, but having played so few pots of this size I thought it was worth throwing out there.

Just on the 100bb effective comments, the straddle to £5 was only occasionally, and only 3 of us at the table were deepstacked (one had £1k, me £750, villain £500 and others ~£200), so I don't think it was an effective £2/£5 game (does a straddle in one hand really make that much difference?).
It becomes an effective 2/5 hand and should be played as such. I get though that this was a lot of money relative to the game, but if you think in pure dollars mid-hand it’s going to hurt your decision making ability.
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